Algae used to create a quick-charge, lightweight battery
The battery is produced by coating the algae with a thin layer of polypyrrole (Images: Gustav Nystrom, Aamir Razaq, Maria Strømme, Leif Nyholm, Albert Mihranyan)
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Algae blooms are unpleasant and unpredictable phenomena that arise quickly and strike seas and oceans, often causing serious problems to local ecosystems. But, in an effort to try and find a use for such algae, a research team from Uppsala University, Sweden, has recently managed to design a record-breaking "green" lightweight battery that is incredibly easy to produce and might just even out the environmental consequences of these blooms.
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